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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-8B2EC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. Cast round section bar of diameter 5.6mm, tapering slightly towards an stylised acorn terminal with a cup with diagonally incised or wrythen ornament and a small nut. Slightly upturned at the terminal. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.
Length: 64.5mm, Weight: 11.33gms
Notes:
This object was formerly reported as a probable purse bar fragment. However, David Williams kindly notes: 'this is not related to purses'.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.5 mm
Weight: 11.33 g
Diameter: 5.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33992
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Springthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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